Gas-engine valve.



atcnted Dec. 23, 3.913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

F. C. GONZALES.

GAS ENC-HNE VALVE.

wPLwATloN ULEB JAN, 11, m12.

ATTORNEYS www -f F. C. GONZALES.

GAS ENGINE VALVE. APPLIUMION FILED M1111, 1012.

2 SHBETSSHBET 2.

WITNESS/5S L BY Jill/111' 960.

accessible, and have very large bearing surfaces, so that they do not become loose or ill iiting from Wear, and always make a tight. joint between the valve and cylinder.

In operation, after the working stroke, valve il opens to permit the piston to drive out the products of combustion on the returnstroke. As the piston commences to move outward after the yreturn stroke, valve ll opens and a 'charge is drawn into the cylinder'. The return stroke of the piston compresses the charge, which isfthen ignited 4in the usual manner by the usual means.

l claim,-

l. ln an engine, a cylinder provided with an inlet and an exhaust port at the end remote from the crank shaft, a guide plate provided with ports registering with the ports of the cylinder, and with laterally spaced parallel guideways extending longitudinally of thc cylinder, one of the ports being in each guideway, a cover plate over the 'guide (plate, said'cover plate having ports registering with the ports of the guide plate, a slide valve in each guideway, each valve having a portfor placing the ports of the guide plate and cover plate in communication when the valve is at the end of its movement toward the crank shaft, and means for operating the said valves.

2. Ah engine o `the character specified, comprising a cylinder having inlet and exhaust ports arranged alongside each other,

superposed guide and cover plates having registering ports and having a guideway between the plates at each port, and a slide valve in each guidera/ay, each valve having a port-'for registering with the ports of the guide plate and the cover plate.

FRANK'C. GONZALES.

Witnesses:

H. J. WHANNELL, 

